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tradesman

[ treydz-muhn ]

noun

, plural trades·men.
  1. a person engaged in trade.
  2. a worker skilled in a particular craft; artisan; craftsman.
  3. Chiefly British. a shopkeeper.


tradesman

/ ˈtreɪdzmən /

noun

  1. a man engaged in trade, esp a retail dealer
  2. a skilled worker


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Gender Note

See -man.

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Derived Forms

  • ˈtradesˌwoman, noun:feminine

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tradesman1

First recorded in 1590–1600; trade + 's 1 + -man

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Example Sentences

If I'm a small tradesman struggling to see further than the next bill, why should I believe them?

He became the low-born, petty tradesman, using the language of the hands of his jam factory.

A stone mason was employed to engrave the following epitaph on a tradesman's wife: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband."

The bail, a reputable tradesman, with astonishment declared that he never was in a gaol in his life.

You will find these two traits in every grade of Scotch life—in tradesman, mechanic, and peasant.

Such a thing wouldn't be allowed in the house of a tradesman on the Rue St. Denis!

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